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Y2K Legacy Creates PC-disposal Headache
News Four years on and most of the millennium-proofed PCs drafted in to weather the IT cataclysm-that-never-was are approaching the end of their lives. Worldwide, businesses are set to replace about 220 million PCs by the end of next year - easily...
[May 28, 2004, 16:35]
Y2K Bug Delays Anti-virus System
News Despite strong sales driven by a triple whammy of computer virus outbreaks this spring, PC protection software maker Symantec is debating whether to go ahead with plans to release its next-generation anti-virus solution, the Digital Immune System...
[July 22, 1999, 9:30]
Y2K No Longer The No.1 Challenge For Insurers
News This is the key finding of an European insurance sector survey by Datamonitor. Insurers polled in the survey view the year 2000 as an IT issue, whereas the Euro is seen as a both a business and an IT issue.
[February 10, 1999, 14:58]
Y2K Legacy Creates PC-disposal Headache
Talkback Put it another way - the Y2K legacy will create a bonus for cash-strapped businesses, and home users. Go to any computer fair and for £50 you can buy Dell and Compaq systems that were originally bought in 1999.
[June 15, 2004, 23:42]
Programmer Wants Y2K Fix Payback
News A 49-year-old California computer programmer who patented a widely used Y2K fix is now hoping to get a slice of the estimated $600bn (£372bn) that US businesses have spent fixing the problem. Bruce Dickens, who works for Boeing, developed a very...
[November 11, 1999, 17:18]
Another Name And Shame Campaign For Y2K Laggards
News Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons confirmed that the Audit Commission will publish details of local government preparedness in the spring of 1999. In October, Action 2000 confirmed it was considering a similar policy for companies...
[December 2, 1998, 17:17]
FTC Opens Consumer Y2K Scam Hotline
News The hotline, at 888-USA-4-Y2K, advises consumers not to give out bank account or credit card numbers over the phone or online to people saying they need them for Y2K-related purposes. Consumers are also being advised to look out for unauthorised...
[March 31, 1999, 7:28]
Finjan Confirms Y2K Virus Onslaught
News January 1 could be the launch day for a major virus epidemic according to President and CEO of Finjan Anti-Virus, Bill Lyons. Lyons last week told ZDNet that warnings about the danger of virus attacks designed to coincide with the Y2K bug have by...
[November 8, 1999, 10:10]
Early Y2K Bugs Aren't All Fun And Games
News The Y2K-related glitches we've seen so far have ranged from the silly to the scary. In Maine, an inconvenient yet innocuous glitch registered automobiles as horse-less carriages. But in California, a Y2K-test-gone-awry spewed sewage into the streets.
[December 20, 1999, 15:52]
A Year Ago: FTC Opens Consumer Y2K Scam Hotline
News The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it has created a toll-free hotline for consumers to call with questions about Year 2000 scams. The hotline, at 888-USA-4-Y2K, advises consumers not to give out bank account or credit card numbers over the...
[March 31, 2000, 7:00]
Networks '98: Y2K Fears = Good Business
News Adam Associates adds its name to the list with its Continuity 2000 offering. Managing Director Adam Meaning says, "Continuity 2000 is the UK's first dedicated Year 2000 service, designed to minimise the disruption caused by millennium-related PC...
[June 24, 1998, 11:10]
Watch The Y2K Bug Live Across The World
News US based Internet performance monitoring firm, Keynote Sytems, will post up-to-the-minute details of Internet devastation or lack of it, on its Web site at http://www.keynote.com. Information will be based on detailed monitoring of the performance...
[December 30, 1999, 12:19]
VoIP Boom Driven By Y2K
News Telecom equipment suppliers say they're seeing a belated Y2K windfall as companies such as Bank of America and Ford move ahead with plans to replace outdated gear with new Internet phone systems. The infamous Year 2000 computer bug forced companies...
[October 21, 2004, 9:10]
Source Technologies Uses FormsPartner And MICR Printers To Help A Major Poultry Processor With Y2K Issues
White Papers The Poultry Processing Industry involves breeding, processing, packaging, and marketing poultry, turkey, duck, eggs, and other small game. With the year 2000 approaching quickly, there was an immediate need to convert the current stand-alone...
[February 8, 2005, 23:00]
Analysis: New Y2K Danger - Bug Boredom
News Anyone who witnessed the tortuous feat last Sunday that is the London Marathon will have been impressed by not only by the amazing stamina of the runners, but also the fancy dress. Among the 45,000 participants were the Spice Girls, the Incredible...
[April 22, 1999, 13:06]
Security A Low Priority In Y2K
News The apocalypse widely expected to bring the tech world to its knees at the new millennium didn't occur. But security experts agree that disaster still looms. The Year 2000 bug was squashed by a massive international effort that monopolised most of...
[December 27, 2000, 12:15]
News Burst: A Million Jobs At Risk As Result Of Y2K
News According to Action 2000's latest State of the Nation research, 40 percent of firms employing between 20-99 people are putting their businesses and employees at risk by taking little or no action on the bug problem.
[August 3, 1999, 11:05]
Trend Micro Launches Y2K Site
News Tokyo-based anti-virus company Trend Micro launched a new Web site dedicated to keeping an eye out for Y2K viruses on Thursday. The new site, Y2Kvirus.com , offers information and support for concerned computer users about Y2K viruses, hoaxes and...
[November 25, 1999, 16:54]
Government Falls Victim To Y2K -- It Thinks
News The government admitted to ZDNet UK News Tuesday that it has been the victim of the millennium bug -- although it is still confused about how to recognise exactly what a millennium bug is. The Office of National Statistics confirmed it experienced...
[January 19, 2000, 6:18]
The Day Ahead: Dell Puts Y2K Hangover To Rest
News Dell's outlook echos IBM's comments earlier this week. The corporate sales outlook was topic of the day on Dell's first quarter conference call. In the fourth quarter, Dell said a Y2K spending freeze dinged the direct PC maker.
[May 12, 2000, 11:58]
